Events
upcoming appearances, conferences & workshops
Permission and Refuge Retreat
Aug 17 – Aug 22, 2025 – Join Kripalu Visionaries Hawah Kasat and Reggie Hubbard for an inspiring, interdisciplinary program designed to inspire and support all men—and those who identify as men—of color. A RETREAT FOR MEN Experience a space for deep rest, sound healing, laughter, and conscious conversations about the stresses we carry and […]
Stillness and Liberation: A Silent Meditation Retreat
Aug 22 – Aug 24, 2025 –Join me at the beautiful Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health for this special Silent Meditation Retreat. Explore the Depths of Silence. “Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever’s not full makes noise. Whatever is full is […]
Inward Bound: Exploring Silence, Movement, and Meditation @ Esalen Institute
April 7 – April 11, 2025 – Join Hawah Kasat for an inspiring, interdisciplinary retreat program taking place at the breathtaking Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California (about 3 hours from San Francisco). This one-of-a-kind retreat experience is cradled on ocean cliffs, immersed in hot springs, and humbled by the canopy of Redwood trees. A […]
Reimagining Contemplative Education with the Mind & Life Institute
June 1 – June 6, 2025 – Join Hawah Kasat and the esteemed teaching faculty for the Mind & Life Institute’s Summer Research Program taking place at the historic Garrison Institute in New York (located 50 miles north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley). Who Should Attend? Anyone whose work and/or personal passions […]
About HawaH
Hawah Kasat is a celebrated global humanitarian, author, educator, non-profit leader, TEDx speaker, and yogi. He has over 20 years of experience training teachers around the globe, and leading dynamic shamanic classes at conferences and festivals. Over the years, he has authored 4 books and produced 4 documentary films. In the year 2000, he co-founded One Common Unity (OCU), an award-winning non-profit organization that heals cycles of violence and trauma through social-emotional literacy, conflict transformation, mindfulness, mental health, and arts programming. During his time as Executive Director, OCU impacted over 40,000 youth and families in Washington, DC. Most recently, Hawah helped launch Roots to Sky Sanctuary a 125-acre regenerative farm and healing arts center situated in northern Appalachia where he serves as a Managing Partner.
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The Poetry of Yoga (Vol. 1) is a modern day collection of poetry compiled and edited by artist, poet, and yogi HawaH.
The Poetry of Yoga (Vol. 2) is a ground-breaking book anthology expanding the literary tradition of yoga to include the cultural perspective of the 21st century..
Trails: A Voyage in Trust Before Suspicion is a collection of true stories, poetry, photographs, and drawings.
Escape Extinction, HawaH’s second book, is an analysis of War and Peace, Love and Hate, Creation and Destruction.
zerONEss. This book, a symphony of poetry and prose, inspires contemplation, challenges traditional understandings about unity and origin, and encourages the reader to meditate upon breaking limits.
CALL. Bring down the ancestors in this powerful CALL of rasp-ready vocals, chanting, industrial science beats, thundering drums, and an avant-garde fusion of harps, flutes, tablas and words that inspire, ignite, fuel, and pierce the fabric of existence.